Degas Taschen Basic Art

Edgar Degas was a significant painter of the Impressionist movement. Born into a family of financial capitalists, his grandfather was an artist, which immersed him in an artistic environment from a young age.He studied painting at the Paris School of Fine Arts and was greatly influenced by Ingres. Degas's innovative compositions, meticulous detailing, and profound expression of movement made him one of the masters of modern art in the late 17th century. His most famous subjects include ballerinas and other women, as well as horse races. He is often regarded as an Impressionist, but some of his works exhibit a more classical, realist, or romantic style.